If you’re looking for a classic style, fully featured, really smooth, great-shooting 1911, the American Classic II 1911 in .45 ACP from Metro Arms is an excellent choice.

Rob Pincus presents the features of the American Classic II: front and rear serrations, great feeling grip, oversized grip safety, skeletonized hammer and trigger. It has a large single-sided safety, an easy-to-use slide stop and slide release, and a drop-free eight-round 1911-style .45 magazine.

The American Classic line comes in a lot of different configurations, though you may also want to consider the MAC series from Metro Arms, which has more diversity and features.

Rob also discusses the other lines available from Metro Arms: great guns at very reasonable prices.

Rob Pincus discusses zeroing your home defense long gun optic and why the normal rules of The Plausibility Principle are trumped by the efficiency of zeroing your rifle for much further distances than you would most likely be using it.

Instructor Don Edwards discusses and demonstrates the differences between shooting with a bipod and shooting from an improvised rest. Both methods can dramatically increase deviation control, but the improvised rest techniques are much more versatile and universal.

If you are a firearm instructor who teaches defensive shooting, you obviously need a range to teach at. In this video, Chuck Usina, the owner of the Ancient City Shooting Range, shares his thoughts on how a new firearm instructor should go about establishing a professional relationship with a range. Understanding the range owner and/or